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Plant-Based Mince Now 29% Cheaper Than Beef at Tesco as Meat Prices Climb (vegconomist.com)
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[–] 17 points 6 months ago (5 children)

The greatly increased sodium content is a concern for my household, though.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Those are older recipes. Always read the ingredients tho.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    370 mg per 113 g serving, specifically described as the current recipe from their own site:

    https://faq.impossiblefoods.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018939274-What-are-the-nutrition-facts-for-Impossible-Beef-Meat-From-Plants

    That's about 5× as much sodium as beef.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    My statement was in general with these famous non-animal burgers. To see that, you need to see a trend line over changes over time.

    Some are holding onto more sodium. That's on them, but if you think you can do that math on how bad that sodium is vs the rest of the factors, good luck.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago*

    impossible Burger's sodium levels haven't changed in at least four years:

    https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/impossible-and-beyond-how-healthy-are-these-meatless-burgers-2019081517448

    Oh wait, here's a source from six years ago, still 370 mg:

    https://nmrdn.com/the-impossible-truth-about-the-impossible-burger/

    Seven, still the same:

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/23/an-impossible-burger-dissected/

    Apparently there was 30% more sodium at launch, and it was reduced to a whopping 370 mg around 2019:

    https://www.businessinsider.com/impossible-veggie-burger-cholesterol-meat-2019-1

    So the original formula had over 6× as much sodium as beef. Still very much room for improvement.

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